change oil light?
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 2008
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From: Cape Girardeau, MO
St. Jude Donor '14
1. Turn the key to the RUN position but don't start the engine.
2. Press the ENG MET button on the Trip Monitor. Within 5 seconds press the ENG MET button again.
3. Within 5 seconds of step 2, press and hold the GAUGES button on the Trip Monitor. The CHANGE OIL light will flash.
4. Hold the GAUGES button until the CHANGE OIL light stops flashing and goes out. This should take about 10 seconds. When the light goes out, the Engine Oil Life Monitor is reset. If it doesn't reset, turn the ignition to OFF and repeat
procedure.
2. Press the ENG MET button on the Trip Monitor. Within 5 seconds press the ENG MET button again.
3. Within 5 seconds of step 2, press and hold the GAUGES button on the Trip Monitor. The CHANGE OIL light will flash.
4. Hold the GAUGES button until the CHANGE OIL light stops flashing and goes out. This should take about 10 seconds. When the light goes out, the Engine Oil Life Monitor is reset. If it doesn't reset, turn the ignition to OFF and repeat
procedure.
Drifting
Joined: Nov 2005
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From: Charlotte NC
You need to reset it:
A. Turn the key to the "ON" position, but don't start the engine.
B. Press the "ENG MET" button on the trip monitor and release. Then, within five seconds, press and release the "ENG MET" button again.
C. Within five seconds of Step 2, press and hold the "RANGE" button on the trip monitor. The "CHANGE OIL" light will flash.
D. Hold the "RANGE" button until the "CHANGE OIL" light stops flashing and goes out. When the light goes out, the engine oil life monitor is reset. This should take about ten seconds. If it doesn't reset, turn ignition "OFF" and repeat the procedure.
A. Turn the key to the "ON" position, but don't start the engine.
B. Press the "ENG MET" button on the trip monitor and release. Then, within five seconds, press and release the "ENG MET" button again.
C. Within five seconds of Step 2, press and hold the "RANGE" button on the trip monitor. The "CHANGE OIL" light will flash.
D. Hold the "RANGE" button until the "CHANGE OIL" light stops flashing and goes out. When the light goes out, the engine oil life monitor is reset. This should take about ten seconds. If it doesn't reset, turn ignition "OFF" and repeat the procedure.
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From: Rolla Missouri
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St. Jude Donor '10 thru '25
The oil life monitor uses oil temperature and engine revolutions to decide when the oil is nearly worn out.
Your car has no way of actually knowing when or if the oil has ever been changed though.
Resetting the oil life monitor will clear the light and start the "counting" again.
So, the fact that your light came on the next day after changing your oil was pure coincidence.
Your car has no way of actually knowing when or if the oil has ever been changed though.
Resetting the oil life monitor will clear the light and start the "counting" again.
So, the fact that your light came on the next day after changing your oil was pure coincidence.
